Cricket News: National Anti-Doping Agency, UAE to carry out dope testing in IPL

The National Anti-Doping Agency along with UAE’s National Anti-Doping Committee will jointly carry out dope testing during the much-anticipated Indian Premier League which is to begin next month from September 19 to November 10 in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah. UAE NADO’s ‘Standard Operating Procedures’ (SOPs) will be followed all time by the dope control officers (DCOs) of two nations while collecting the urine samples of participating cricketers. NADA has already been in touch with its UAE counterpart and, according to the initial talks, the cricketers will be subjected to both in and out-of-competition testing, with maximum emphasis on carrying out a ‘no-contact’ testing in accordance with restrictions placed by local health authorities to ensure protection of cricketers and DCDs.